Io e te (Me and You), a drama about an introverted teenager from two-time Oscar winning director Bernardo Bertolucci, has been selected as the film of the year by Italy’s Nastri d’Argento (Silver Ribbons) honours. The film, now on release, was part of the official selection of this year’s 20th edition of the  Italian Film Festival which finishes on Thursday. The film premiered a year ago, out of competition, in Cannes and has since made its rounds to mixed

The Italian Film Festival celebrates its 20th anniversary edition in 2013. For two decades, the Festival, with the dedicated support of the Italian Cultural Institute, has brought the best of Italian cinema to Scottish venues and welcomed some of the most beloved and iconic figures in the Italian industry to present their films and discuss their careers with Scottish audiences. Among the many special guests the Festival has welcomed are Francesco Rosi, Paolo Sorrentino, the Taviani brothers, Giuseppe Tornatore, Lina

The Italian Film Festival in Scotland 2011 has recorded one of the most successful events in its 18 year history. The Festival has attracted sell-out audiences to a wide range of titles including Gennaro Nunziante’s immensely popular comedy What A Beautiful Day/Che bella giornata, Paulo Virzi’s bittersweet The First Beautiful Thing/La prima cosa bella and the thriller The Girl By The Lake/La ragazza del lago which formed part of the Festival focus on actor Toni Servillo. ” We are immensely